Ornamental stud and ornament dangling therefrom



May 21, 1957 B. GLAGOVSKY ORNAMENTAL STUD AND ORNAMENT DANGLING THEREF'ROM Filed Feb. 25, 1956 INVENTOR BERN/1RD GLAGOl/SK) ATTORNE-Y United ORNAMENTAL STUD AND ORNAMENT DANGLIN G THEREFROM Thepresent invention relates to ornamental studs that are adapted to be secured to fabrics, leathers and the like, and also to unitary products comprising combinations of such studs with ornaments dangling therefrom. From a more limited aspect, the invention relates further to combinations of such unitary products with articles, such as articles of wearing apparel, to which they aresecured.

Among devices of the above-described character at present in use are ornamental studs having integrally projecting prong by means of which they are secured to fabrics, leathers and the like. In order to increase the ornamental effect, additional ornaments are also secured to the fabric and leather articles. Each such additional ornament is customarily provided with a hook or a ring, and it is secured to the article by inserting one Of the prongs of one of the ornamental studs through this hook or ring before clinching the prongs to the leather or fabric. Though the additional ornament is thus secured in place between the leather or fabric and the ornamental stud, however, it is secured rigidly, without capacity for dangling. In order to obtain the enhanced ornamental efiect produced by dangling, it is customary to suspend the additional ornament by its hook or ring from an additional hook or ring, and to secure this additional hook or ring rigidly between the leather or fabric and the ornamental stud. It is therefore necessary, in all cases, to rely upon the material of the leather or fabric for supplying part of the securing action.

The esthetic effect that is sought to be attained is impaired, however, by the fact that the said additional hook or ring is necessarily thus secured rigidly between the stud and the material of the leather or fabric; and particularly so since the additional ornament becomes thus assembled haphazardly upon the fabric or leather article, in helter-skelter, irregular and, therefore, unattractive, arrangement. The cost of the product, furthermore, is increased, both by reason of the necessity for the use of the additional hooks or rings and the additional time and labor involved in the assembly of the parts.

An object of the present invention, therefore, is to improve upon ornamental devices of the above-described character, with the end in view of enhancing the ornamental effect, though decreasing the cost.

Other and further objects will be explained hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

With the above objects in view, a feature of the invention resides in integrally joining a suspending hook or ring to the ornamental stud, and dangling the additional ornament from this hook or ring. It is not necessa'ry to rely upon any securing action of the leather or fabric article; and, further, the desired esthetic effect is obtained of an additional dangling ornament that i attractively and regularly positioned, yet at very much lower cost.

The invention will now be more fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective, partly broken away, of one ement 2,792,656 Patented May 21,

bodiment of theornamental stud embodying the present invention; Fig. 2 is a similar perspective of another embodiment thereof; Fig. 3 is a perspective showing an additional pearl ornament partly assembled with an ornamental stud in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 4 is a similar perspective, showing the ornamental stud illustrated by Figs. 1 and 3 fastened in place upon a fabric or leather article, illustrated partly in section, and showing also the pearl ornament assembled therewith and dangling therefrom; Fig. 5 is a section taken upon the line 5-5 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a perspective similar to Fig. 4, but showing the ornamental stud illustrated by Fig. 2; Fig. 7 is a perspective similar to Figs. 1 and 2 of a further embodiment of the invention; and Fig. 8 is a section taken upon the line 8-8 of Fig.- 7.

The ornamental stud of the present invention com prises a body portion made preferably from sheet metal bent out of the plane of the sheet into the form of a non-planar surface bounded by a peripheral edge 2. This body may be hemispherical, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, 4 and 5, it may bepyramidal, of any desired crosssection, square, oblong, diamond, and so on, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6, it may be saddle shape in cross-section or other wise provided with a seat or a recess in which a further ornament, such as a stone, a pearl or other gem 3 may be cemented in place, as shown at 5 in Figs. 7 and 8,

or it may have any of many other shapes as, for example, hemi-cylindrical and herni-ellipsoidal. For brevity, all such shapes will be described hereinafter as vaultshaped; The exterior surfaces of these vaults, furthermore, may be smooth, or they may be further ornamented, as by ribs, projections orother designs.

The ornamental stud of the present invention is shown provided with a prong or prongs or other securing means 4 projecting integrally from the said peripheral edge 2. In Figs. 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8, two such prong 4, diametri cally oppositely disposed, are illustrated, and, in Figs, 2 and 6, four, one at each side of the base of the pyramid. The prongs may, however, be of any desired number, and any desired length. The largerthe number of prongs 4, of course, the shorter they may be, within limits, in order to provide the same holding power. The four prongs 4 of Figs. 2 and 6 are therefore shown shorter than the two prongs of Figs. 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8. The

four prongs 4 of Figs. 2 and 6 need not, however, be any shorter than those shown in Figs. 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8.

A feature of the present invention resides in providing the vault-shaped body portion with a suspending fastening member that, like the prongs 4, projects integrally from thesaid peripheral edge 2. The suspending fastening member may be in the form of a hook6, a ring8 or.

any equivalent construction. This fastening member, typified by the hook 6 and the ring 8, are shown extend ing from the peripheral edge 2 in a plane substantially perpendicular to the planes of the prongs 4. One or more pearls or other additional ornaments 10 may be freely suspended, so as to dangle, from the ornamental studof' the present invention by providing it'with a hook 11, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, or a ring 12, as shown in Fig. 6. This hook 111 or ring 12 may be interengaged freely with the ring 8 or the book 6, respectively, of the ornamental stud. In Fig. 3, for example, the hook 11 is showninterengaged with the ring 8. The book 11 is then closedover upon itself to hold the parts together, asshown in Fig. 4. In Fig. 6, on the other hand, the hook 6 of Fig. 2 is similarly shown closed over upon itself, for a similar purpose. In both cases, a unitary combined ornamental product is thus provided, consisting of the ornamental stud, integral with the suspending fastening member, and the additional ornament 10 freely suspended, so as to dangle therefrom, which may represent an article of wean 3 ing apparel, by causing the prongs to pierce the front face thereof.

The ornamental stud of this unitary product is then secured to a fabric or leather article 14. The size of the prongs 4 may be determined by the thickness of this fabric or leather article 14. The stud is secured by bending over the prongs 4, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6, and, if desired, also clinching the prongs 4 against the rear face of the leather or fabric article 14. This may be effected in any desired manner as, for example, by means of male and female attaching dies (not shown) that are actuated toward each other. If the prongs 4 are long enough, their sharp terminal points may be caused to become completely embedded in this article 14, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, thereby rendering the sharp points of the prongs 4 invisibly hidden therein. If the prongs 4 are shorter, but more numerous, it suflices merely .to bend them over, as shown in Fig. 6. In both cases, a very firm engagement of the periphery 2 of the ornamental stud against the front face of the leather or fabric article 14 is thus obtained; and in both cases, the leather or fabric article 14 becomes provided, in accordance with the present invention, with the ornamental stud and the additional ornament or ornaments dangling therefrom.

It will be observed that the additional ornament 10 is held in place solely by the interengagement of the closedover hook 11 of the ornament 10 with the ring 8 of the ornamental stud, as shown in Fig. 4, or of the ring 12 of the ornament 10 with the closed-over hook 6 of the ornamental stud, as shown in Fig. 6. It is not necessary, as in the case of the devices of this character heretofore in use, to rely also, for this holding of the parts together, upon any interengagement with the material of the fabric or leather article 14. It is therefore possible selectively to pre-assemble the ornamental stud of Fig. 1 with any of a plurality of additional ornaments 10, as a unit, as illustrated, for example, in Fig. 3, and to close over the hook 11, thereby to form the unitary product before described, all prior to securing the assembled unit to the leather or fabric article 14, as illustrated in Fig. 4. It is similarly possible to perform a similar pre-assembling operation of the additional ornament 11 as a unit, with the ornamental stud of Fig. 2, provided with the hook 6. In both cases, the unitary product is provided, consisting of a single unitary ornamental stud and dangling ornament; and, in addition to its ornamental features, this unitary product provides also, in itself, the function of holding the parts together, without any necessity for relying upon the leather or fabric article 14 to perform part of this holding function. As the hook 6 or the ring 8, furthermore, is always at the same location on the periph eral edge 2, compared to the location of the prongs 4, the adidtional ornament 10 will always dangle from the same point, thus further adding esthetic effect to the finished article. It will be obvious, moreover, that more than one additional ornament 10 may be assembled with the ornamental stud shown in Fig. 1, by means of hooks 11, one provided upon each ornament 10, interengaging with the ring 8; and thatmore than one additional ornament 10 may be assembled with the ornamental stud shown in Fig. 2, by means of rings 12, one provided upon each ornament 10, interengaging with the hook 6.

The ornamental stud of the present invention is manufactured as cheaply as the studs in use to-day, that are unprovided with the book 6 or the ring 8, in one or more stamping operations, after which it may be plated, colored or otherwise treated.

Further modifications will occur to persons skilled in 4 the art, and all such are considered to fall within the spirit and scope of the present invention, as defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. An ornamental stud for ornamenting an article of wearing apparel having a sheet-metal ornamental body portion bent out of the plane of the sheet into the shape of an ornamental vault bounded by a peripheral edge from which piercing prongs project integrally for piercing the article in order to secure the ornamental stud to the article, the ornamental stud being provided with an integrally projecting suspending fastening member from which any of a plurality of additional ornamental members may selectively be suspended to dangle freely.

2. An ornamental stud as defined in claim 1 in which the integrally projected fastening member is a ring.

3. An ornamental stud as defined in claim 1 in which the integrally projected fastening member is a hook.

4. A unitary combined ornamental product for ornamenting an article of wearing apparel comprising an ornamental stud and an additional ornamental member dangling freely therefrom, the ornamental stud having a sheet-metal ornamental body portion bent out of the plane of the sheet into the shape of an ornamental vault bounded by a peripheral edge from which piercing prongs project integrally for piercing the article in order to se-.

cure the ornamental stud to the article, the ornamental stud being provided with an integrally projecting suspending fastening member, one of the two members being provided with a hook interengaging freely with the other member in order to dangle the additional ornamental member freely from the projecting suspending fasten-. ing member, and the hook being closed over upon itself into loose engagement with the said other member to prevent detachment of the additional ornamental member from the projecting suspending fastening member while permitting the additional ornamental member to dangle freely from the ornamental stud.

5. In combination with an article of wearing apparel, a unitary combined ornamental product comprising an ornamental stud and an additional ornamental member dangling freely therefrom, the ornamental stud having a sheet-metal ornamental body portion bent out of the plane of the sheet into the shape of an ornamental vault bounded by a peripheral edge from which piercing prongs project integrally into one face of the article and are bent against its opposite face in order to secure the ornamental stud to the article, the ornamental stud being provided with an integrally projecting suspending fastening member, one of the two members being provided with a hook interengaging freely with the other member in order to dangle the additional ornamental member freely from the projecting suspending fastening member, and the hook being closed over upon itself into loose engagement with the said other member to prevent detachment of the additional ornamental member from the projecting suspending fastening member while permitting the additional ornamental member to dangle freely from the ornamental stud secured to the article.

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